Leaders in Love with Power Inflict Great Damage

When one lives in a constitutional republic that is rooted in democracy, i.e., the will of the people, there is no mechanism to prevent the next Donald Trump. If the people of the land demand a sociopath, that’s precisely what they are going to have.

In fact, people of decency will be very happy to see the time at which we will have fended off the first one.

As Thucydides told us more than 2000 years ago, horrible people, when they rise to power, can be counted on to inflict great evil.